The document discusses how nutrition and diet are closely linked to mental health and functioning. Chronic high carbohydrate consumption and blood sugar imbalances can negatively impact the brain and nervous system over time, potentially leading to issues like anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, and Alzheimer's disease. Addressing underlying nutritional deficiencies, food sensitivities, and blood sugar regulation is seen as essential for optimal mental wellness and stability.
Change perception change your health thru meditationJohn Bergman
Meditation and positive thinking can impact our health by changing our perceptions and cell function. Negative perceptions from trauma, toxicity, or misinterpreting environmental signals can precipitate disease, while meditation and optimism enhance health by altering gene expression through cell receptors. Exercise and lifestyle factors like nutrition also influence our biology and can treat conditions like depression faster than drugs in some cases.
Naturopathic physician and psychotherapist Dr. Maya Nicole Baylac, presents essential strategies for overcoming stress, anxiety and fear. In this presentation Dr. Baylac demonstrates the physiccal and psychological effects of chronic stress and she empowers individuals with skills for making positive lifestyle changes geared toward helping them achieve optimum health.
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http://www.hawaiinaturopathicretreat.com/2014/07/the-dynamics-of-stress-anxiety-and-fear-in-modern-society-and-strategies-for-coping/
The document discusses an evolutionary medicine approach to mental health and resilience. It argues that existing mental health treatments are only partially effective and that a new approach is needed. Changes to our modern diets have reduced our ability to handle stress due to nutrient deficiencies. Following a diet and lifestyle aligned with our evolutionary past can help promote mental well-being by reducing inflammation and strengthening the immune system. While randomized controlled trials are still needed, studies suggest dietary interventions may help treat conditions like ADHD, autism, and violence. An evolutionary approach could revolutionize treatment and prevention of mental illness.
A study found that exposing women to plus-size models in advertisements reduced their preference for extremely thin bodies, whereas exposing them to slim models increased their preference for thinness. The researchers argue that showing a more diverse range of body types in media could help promote healthier body attitudes among women. Increased exposure to larger-sized models may counteract the obsession with thinness perpetuated by the predominance of underweight celebrities and models currently featured. Addressing the narrow representation of female bodies could potentially help reduce eating disorder risk.
Reading practice Ielts help you get higher score meomeounun
Here are the answers to your questions:
1. Altered
2. The ability of the lung to accommodate a sufficient intake of air is known as pulmonary capacity.
The document discusses how nutrition and diet are closely linked to mental health and functioning. Chronic high carbohydrate consumption and blood sugar imbalances can negatively impact the brain and nervous system over time, potentially leading to issues like anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, and Alzheimer's disease. Addressing underlying nutritional deficiencies, food sensitivities, and blood sugar regulation is seen as essential for optimal mental wellness and stability.
Change perception change your health thru meditationJohn Bergman
Meditation and positive thinking can impact our health by changing our perceptions and cell function. Negative perceptions from trauma, toxicity, or misinterpreting environmental signals can precipitate disease, while meditation and optimism enhance health by altering gene expression through cell receptors. Exercise and lifestyle factors like nutrition also influence our biology and can treat conditions like depression faster than drugs in some cases.
Naturopathic physician and psychotherapist Dr. Maya Nicole Baylac, presents essential strategies for overcoming stress, anxiety and fear. In this presentation Dr. Baylac demonstrates the physiccal and psychological effects of chronic stress and she empowers individuals with skills for making positive lifestyle changes geared toward helping them achieve optimum health.
Read the article based on the transcription of this presentation -
http://www.hawaiinaturopathicretreat.com/2014/07/the-dynamics-of-stress-anxiety-and-fear-in-modern-society-and-strategies-for-coping/
The document discusses an evolutionary medicine approach to mental health and resilience. It argues that existing mental health treatments are only partially effective and that a new approach is needed. Changes to our modern diets have reduced our ability to handle stress due to nutrient deficiencies. Following a diet and lifestyle aligned with our evolutionary past can help promote mental well-being by reducing inflammation and strengthening the immune system. While randomized controlled trials are still needed, studies suggest dietary interventions may help treat conditions like ADHD, autism, and violence. An evolutionary approach could revolutionize treatment and prevention of mental illness.
A study found that exposing women to plus-size models in advertisements reduced their preference for extremely thin bodies, whereas exposing them to slim models increased their preference for thinness. The researchers argue that showing a more diverse range of body types in media could help promote healthier body attitudes among women. Increased exposure to larger-sized models may counteract the obsession with thinness perpetuated by the predominance of underweight celebrities and models currently featured. Addressing the narrow representation of female bodies could potentially help reduce eating disorder risk.
Reading practice Ielts help you get higher score meomeounun
Here are the answers to your questions:
1. Altered
2. The ability of the lung to accommodate a sufficient intake of air is known as pulmonary capacity.
10 Health Habits That Will Help You Live To 100NATURE 4EVER
This article discusses 10 health habits that can help people live to 100 years old based on studies of centenarians. The habits are: 1) Continue working in some form of paid or volunteer work after retirement. 2) Floss daily to reduce harmful bacteria in the mouth. 3) Engage in regular exercise like walking 30 minutes per day. 4) Eat a fiber-rich cereal for breakfast to maintain stable blood sugar. 5) Get at least 6 hours of sleep per night for cell repair. 6) Eat whole foods rather than supplements for maximum nutrient benefits. 7) Manage stress through activities like yoga instead of ruminating.
Introduction to Integrative Medicine for Mental HealthLouis Cady, MD
This is the first of three lectures that Dr. Cady will present in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Laboratorio Great Plains. In it, he reviews key concepts of integrative medicine, functional testing, and a rational style of thinking through a patient's problems down to the fundamental level. IgG food allergies, depression, low testosterone, and nutrient deficiencies are all covered
This brief webinar, a gift to the local Jewish community and Temple Adath B'Nai Israel here in Evansville, IN, reviews the tradition of mindfulness and the interdigitation of Buddhist practices with some Jewish traditions. Dr. Cady reviews the downstream effects of stress, how meditation and mindfulness are useful tools and techniques, and actually how to practice it. Multiple references without being complicated or overdone are provided.
This lecture was presented on March 29, 2019 in Rapid Citry, South Dakota, for the conference co-sponsored by the Manlove Psychiatric Group and the Brain Injury Center.
It reviews the uptick in diagnosis of ADHD, the raiontale for its concern, causative factors, and how it can be worked up holistically and in a balanced, not necessarily medication-oriented way.
Use of high dose fish oil, iron supplementation, and how to overrcome nutritional deficiencies are discussed.
Thyroid, Adrenals, and Sex Steroids - A Balancing ActLouis Cady, MD
This was the second presentation gibven on MZarch 29, 2019 at the Manlove Psychiagtric Group and Brain Injury Institute spring conference in Rapid City, SD.
In this presentation, Dr. Cady carefully goes over the necessity of integrating and overview and awareness of hormones and their levels in the elucidation of what truly is going on with the patient.
This was an overview lecture only. Dr. Cady will be presenting a 16 hour CME program in Austin Texas on June 22 and 23 for the National Procedures Institute, and will explore all aspects of all relevant hormones and what can be done to manage and optimize them.
The document discusses sugar addiction and how it is similar to drug addiction. It summarizes a study on rats that found rats developed withdrawal symptoms and cravings when denied sugar. The study also found rats binged on sugar when it was reintroduced and consumed more alcohol during sugar withdrawal, showing sugar can be a gateway to other substances. The document then discusses how sugar, especially fructose, is linked to heart disease, the leading cause of death in the US. It provides tips for reducing sugar intake gradually to overcome addiction.
Sugar addiction can be as powerful as addiction to drugs like cocaine due to the way sugar activates the brain's reward system. A study on rats found that they exhibited bingeing, cravings, and withdrawal symptoms when the sugar was removed that were similar to opioid withdrawal. The rats also showed a "gateway effect" by consuming more alcohol during sugar withdrawal, demonstrating how sugar addiction can negatively impact brain function and lead to other addictions. Sugar, especially fructose, is also very harmful to heart health and can lead to heart disease, the number one cause of death in the United States.
This document provides tips and solutions for incorporating regular exercise into one's lifestyle for prostate health. It discusses common excuses people have for not exercising and provides natural solutions. It recommends supplements like saw palmetto extract and zinc to support prostate health and prevent conditions like an enlarged prostate. It also emphasizes the importance of a low-fat diet and antioxidant vitamins to support overall health and combat pollution.
This document provides an overview of several deadly diseases, their symptoms, causes, and risk factors. It begins with a discussion of heart attacks, explaining that they occur when blood flow to the heart is blocked, usually due to a buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries. It then discusses diabetes, noting that it results from the body becoming resistant to insulin and unable to properly process sugar in the bloodstream. Finally, it covers cancer, describing it as uncontrolled cell growth that spreads and destroys healthy tissue. The document aims to educate readers on major diseases through discussions and examples.
This document provides an overview of deadly diseases, their symptoms, and causes. It begins with an introduction to perilous diseases like cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease that cause many deaths in the U.S. each year. It then reviews symptoms of a heart attack and risk factors. Lifestyle changes like exercise and diet are discussed as ways to reduce risks of diseases. The document also covers increase in diabetes prevalence and its relationship to changes in the American diet. Cancer is described as uncontrolled cell growth that can have various causes. Respiratory diseases like asthma are also mentioned.
ASK THE EXPERT: DO VEGETARIANS LIVE LONGER?Steven Rhyner
Search Google and you’ll discover millions of articles regarding the pros and cons of both meat-o-phile and meat-free lifestyles. Frustratingly, many of these articles tend to manipulate the data to serve the writer’s oft-dogmatic hypothesis. Frankly, I don’t blame them, given that data on how meat affects the human body tends to be vague and confusing.
This chapter discusses stress and health, including:
1) Stress is the process of perceiving and responding to threatening or challenging events, and can be appraised as a threat or challenge.
2) Prolonged stress can lead to exhaustion through stages of alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion as described in the general adaptation syndrome.
3) Stressful life events like catastrophes, life changes, and daily hassles can impact health.
4) Stress can influence health through behaviors, emotions, and physiological responses.
The document provides information about fibromyalgia, including its traditional and newer definitions, common symptoms, diagnosis criteria, differential diagnosis with other conditions like ME/CFS, the pain cycle model, precipitating and perpetuating factors, treatment approaches, and recent research findings. It discusses a multidisciplinary approach to treatment involving mechanical, biochemical, emotional, dietary, exercise, and medication-based interventions.
Anderson, Unorthodox Health Care Cost Reductionsjwanderso
Novel Big Hitter interventions that will have dramatic cost savings due to improved health. Chronic diseases of aging and how to prevent them with unorthodox, effective interventions.
Sugar, the New Baddie on the Block
How can the addiction community help the obesity crisis and is sugar really an addiction? How do we currently treat binge eating and the CBT versus 12 step dilemna
How to get involved with Sweet Dreams as an affiliate partner
Food matters healthy choices for body & brainOther Mother
The document discusses obesity trends globally and in the United States. Some key points:
- Over 1 billion adults and over 40 million children under 5 are overweight or obese worldwide.
- In the US, over 2/3 of adults and over 1/3 of children are overweight or obese.
- Obesity is linked to increased risk of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers.
- Many factors contribute to obesity, including diets high in refined carbohydrates and sugars, lack of physical activity, sleep deprivation, stress, and consumption of processed foods.
- Adopting a low-carbohydrate diet focusing on proteins, fats, and non-starchy vegetables can help manage weight
Lifestyle Medicine: The Power of Personal Choices, North American Vegetarian...EsserHealth
Lifestyle Medicine focuses on applying behavioral and environmental principles to managing lifestyle-related health problems. Chronic diseases now account for 75% of healthcare costs in the US, many of which are strongly associated with diet and physical inactivity. While genetics play a role, the rise of these "lifestyle diseases" correlates with changes in American diets and exercise patterns over recent decades. Prospective randomized studies demonstrate that organized lifestyle interventions can significantly reduce disease incidence and healthcare costs compared to prescription medications. Lifestyle Medicine aims to educate and empower individuals to make personal choices that can transform health outcomes on both individual and societal levels.
This document is a presentation by Dr. Robert Lustig summarizing the problem of increasing rates of chronic metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes worldwide. It outlines three common myths about the causes: 1) it's only about obesity, 2) a calorie is a calorie, and 3) it's an issue of personal responsibility. It then discusses "dark forces" like the sugar industry that use misleading science to promote these myths. The goal is to debunk these myths and outline policy solutions needed to address the real dietary causes of the rise in metabolic diseases.
Examples of Nutrition ClaimsClaims about a popular diet BetseyCalderon89
Examples of Nutrition Claims
Claims about a popular diet that is supposed to change your body, reverse a disease, or dramatically improve your health or performance in some way.
Claims about a particular food, beverage or dietary supplement that is supposed to help you lose weight, gain muscle, boost immunity, improve mood or memory, lower blood cholesterol or blood sugar levels, fight inflammation, remove toxins, prevent or cure a disease, make your hair/nails/skin/digestion better, slow aging…
Claims about a particular ingredient in foods/beverages that’s supposed to be “bad,” “toxic,” or contribute to a particular health problem (acne, autism, ADHD, PCOS, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, aging, hormone disruption, infertility, obesity, digestive problems)…
Sources of Nutrition Claims
Google!
Magazines, Newspapers, Blogs
Books, Videos, Documentaries
Advertisements, Social Media Influencers
Product label, brochure, website
Scientific peer-reviewed journals
How to choose a claim…
Examples:
Magazine article or blog claiming Intermittent fasting or whole 30 or keto is the answer to weight loss. Vitamin D/C/zinc and COVID19.
LA Times article reporting on a new study that shows chocolate or red wine protects the heart (in time for Valentine’s Day)
Book or Youtube video that claims sugar or wheat or gluten is toxic
Documentary that claims plant-based diet best for performance (The Game Changers)
Advertisement about new dietary supplement or “cleanse” for brain health, skin health, digestive health (turmeric, collagen, probiotics, spirulina, apple cider vinegar)
Website bodybuilding.com claiming need certain amount/type of protein to get huge muscles. Or no soy/no dairy for PCOS or fertility.
2
Evaluating Nutrition Research & Claims
Is the source credible & unbiased?
Author/credentials
“Nutritionists” vs. “Registered Dietitians” – what’s the difference?
Self-proclaimed guru, fitness trainer, massage therapist, store clerk
MDs, DCs, PhDs – are they always reliable?
Is there any conflict of interest? Are they trying to sell you something?
Publication source
Internet site (.com or .org, .edu, .gov)
Magazine, newsletter, brochure, trade journal (paid advertising)
Peer-reviewed, professional/scientific journal
Most “nutritionists” have little to no formal education/degree (e.g. famous people, fitness trainer/massage therapist/GNC or health food store clerk). Some “nutritionists” do have a high level of education/degree, but they may or may not be highly educated in nutrition
Conflict of interest – Juice plus, herbal life, arbonne sales rep directly trying to sell you something or researcher/author/speaker could be employed/paid by the company trying to sell something (funded by beef/dairy council)
Example of ephedra article in fitness magazine, local SCV magazines
3
Evaluating Nutrition Research & Claims
How good is the research?
Study design
No systematic method at all
testimonials, anecdotal, before/after
Epidemiolo ...
This document discusses lifestyle diseases and provides strategies for maintaining health. It notes that non-communicable diseases like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease are on the rise globally due to risk factors like poor diet, physical inactivity, tobacco and alcohol use. Adopting a mainly whole-food, plant-based diet with limited processed foods and adequate exercise can help reverse these conditions and reduce medication needs. The author shares their personal experience improving health conditions like diabetes and cholesterol through lifestyle changes based on nutritional guidance from doctors and organizations.
10 Health Habits That Will Help You Live To 100NATURE 4EVER
This article discusses 10 health habits that can help people live to 100 years old based on studies of centenarians. The habits are: 1) Continue working in some form of paid or volunteer work after retirement. 2) Floss daily to reduce harmful bacteria in the mouth. 3) Engage in regular exercise like walking 30 minutes per day. 4) Eat a fiber-rich cereal for breakfast to maintain stable blood sugar. 5) Get at least 6 hours of sleep per night for cell repair. 6) Eat whole foods rather than supplements for maximum nutrient benefits. 7) Manage stress through activities like yoga instead of ruminating.
Introduction to Integrative Medicine for Mental HealthLouis Cady, MD
This is the first of three lectures that Dr. Cady will present in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for Laboratorio Great Plains. In it, he reviews key concepts of integrative medicine, functional testing, and a rational style of thinking through a patient's problems down to the fundamental level. IgG food allergies, depression, low testosterone, and nutrient deficiencies are all covered
This brief webinar, a gift to the local Jewish community and Temple Adath B'Nai Israel here in Evansville, IN, reviews the tradition of mindfulness and the interdigitation of Buddhist practices with some Jewish traditions. Dr. Cady reviews the downstream effects of stress, how meditation and mindfulness are useful tools and techniques, and actually how to practice it. Multiple references without being complicated or overdone are provided.
This lecture was presented on March 29, 2019 in Rapid Citry, South Dakota, for the conference co-sponsored by the Manlove Psychiatric Group and the Brain Injury Center.
It reviews the uptick in diagnosis of ADHD, the raiontale for its concern, causative factors, and how it can be worked up holistically and in a balanced, not necessarily medication-oriented way.
Use of high dose fish oil, iron supplementation, and how to overrcome nutritional deficiencies are discussed.
Thyroid, Adrenals, and Sex Steroids - A Balancing ActLouis Cady, MD
This was the second presentation gibven on MZarch 29, 2019 at the Manlove Psychiagtric Group and Brain Injury Institute spring conference in Rapid City, SD.
In this presentation, Dr. Cady carefully goes over the necessity of integrating and overview and awareness of hormones and their levels in the elucidation of what truly is going on with the patient.
This was an overview lecture only. Dr. Cady will be presenting a 16 hour CME program in Austin Texas on June 22 and 23 for the National Procedures Institute, and will explore all aspects of all relevant hormones and what can be done to manage and optimize them.
The document discusses sugar addiction and how it is similar to drug addiction. It summarizes a study on rats that found rats developed withdrawal symptoms and cravings when denied sugar. The study also found rats binged on sugar when it was reintroduced and consumed more alcohol during sugar withdrawal, showing sugar can be a gateway to other substances. The document then discusses how sugar, especially fructose, is linked to heart disease, the leading cause of death in the US. It provides tips for reducing sugar intake gradually to overcome addiction.
Sugar addiction can be as powerful as addiction to drugs like cocaine due to the way sugar activates the brain's reward system. A study on rats found that they exhibited bingeing, cravings, and withdrawal symptoms when the sugar was removed that were similar to opioid withdrawal. The rats also showed a "gateway effect" by consuming more alcohol during sugar withdrawal, demonstrating how sugar addiction can negatively impact brain function and lead to other addictions. Sugar, especially fructose, is also very harmful to heart health and can lead to heart disease, the number one cause of death in the United States.
This document provides tips and solutions for incorporating regular exercise into one's lifestyle for prostate health. It discusses common excuses people have for not exercising and provides natural solutions. It recommends supplements like saw palmetto extract and zinc to support prostate health and prevent conditions like an enlarged prostate. It also emphasizes the importance of a low-fat diet and antioxidant vitamins to support overall health and combat pollution.
This document provides an overview of several deadly diseases, their symptoms, causes, and risk factors. It begins with a discussion of heart attacks, explaining that they occur when blood flow to the heart is blocked, usually due to a buildup of fatty deposits in the arteries. It then discusses diabetes, noting that it results from the body becoming resistant to insulin and unable to properly process sugar in the bloodstream. Finally, it covers cancer, describing it as uncontrolled cell growth that spreads and destroys healthy tissue. The document aims to educate readers on major diseases through discussions and examples.
This document provides an overview of deadly diseases, their symptoms, and causes. It begins with an introduction to perilous diseases like cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease that cause many deaths in the U.S. each year. It then reviews symptoms of a heart attack and risk factors. Lifestyle changes like exercise and diet are discussed as ways to reduce risks of diseases. The document also covers increase in diabetes prevalence and its relationship to changes in the American diet. Cancer is described as uncontrolled cell growth that can have various causes. Respiratory diseases like asthma are also mentioned.
ASK THE EXPERT: DO VEGETARIANS LIVE LONGER?Steven Rhyner
Search Google and you’ll discover millions of articles regarding the pros and cons of both meat-o-phile and meat-free lifestyles. Frustratingly, many of these articles tend to manipulate the data to serve the writer’s oft-dogmatic hypothesis. Frankly, I don’t blame them, given that data on how meat affects the human body tends to be vague and confusing.
This chapter discusses stress and health, including:
1) Stress is the process of perceiving and responding to threatening or challenging events, and can be appraised as a threat or challenge.
2) Prolonged stress can lead to exhaustion through stages of alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion as described in the general adaptation syndrome.
3) Stressful life events like catastrophes, life changes, and daily hassles can impact health.
4) Stress can influence health through behaviors, emotions, and physiological responses.
The document provides information about fibromyalgia, including its traditional and newer definitions, common symptoms, diagnosis criteria, differential diagnosis with other conditions like ME/CFS, the pain cycle model, precipitating and perpetuating factors, treatment approaches, and recent research findings. It discusses a multidisciplinary approach to treatment involving mechanical, biochemical, emotional, dietary, exercise, and medication-based interventions.
Anderson, Unorthodox Health Care Cost Reductionsjwanderso
Novel Big Hitter interventions that will have dramatic cost savings due to improved health. Chronic diseases of aging and how to prevent them with unorthodox, effective interventions.
Sugar, the New Baddie on the Block
How can the addiction community help the obesity crisis and is sugar really an addiction? How do we currently treat binge eating and the CBT versus 12 step dilemna
How to get involved with Sweet Dreams as an affiliate partner
Food matters healthy choices for body & brainOther Mother
The document discusses obesity trends globally and in the United States. Some key points:
- Over 1 billion adults and over 40 million children under 5 are overweight or obese worldwide.
- In the US, over 2/3 of adults and over 1/3 of children are overweight or obese.
- Obesity is linked to increased risk of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers.
- Many factors contribute to obesity, including diets high in refined carbohydrates and sugars, lack of physical activity, sleep deprivation, stress, and consumption of processed foods.
- Adopting a low-carbohydrate diet focusing on proteins, fats, and non-starchy vegetables can help manage weight
Lifestyle Medicine: The Power of Personal Choices, North American Vegetarian...EsserHealth
Lifestyle Medicine focuses on applying behavioral and environmental principles to managing lifestyle-related health problems. Chronic diseases now account for 75% of healthcare costs in the US, many of which are strongly associated with diet and physical inactivity. While genetics play a role, the rise of these "lifestyle diseases" correlates with changes in American diets and exercise patterns over recent decades. Prospective randomized studies demonstrate that organized lifestyle interventions can significantly reduce disease incidence and healthcare costs compared to prescription medications. Lifestyle Medicine aims to educate and empower individuals to make personal choices that can transform health outcomes on both individual and societal levels.
This document is a presentation by Dr. Robert Lustig summarizing the problem of increasing rates of chronic metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes worldwide. It outlines three common myths about the causes: 1) it's only about obesity, 2) a calorie is a calorie, and 3) it's an issue of personal responsibility. It then discusses "dark forces" like the sugar industry that use misleading science to promote these myths. The goal is to debunk these myths and outline policy solutions needed to address the real dietary causes of the rise in metabolic diseases.
Examples of Nutrition ClaimsClaims about a popular diet BetseyCalderon89
Examples of Nutrition Claims
Claims about a popular diet that is supposed to change your body, reverse a disease, or dramatically improve your health or performance in some way.
Claims about a particular food, beverage or dietary supplement that is supposed to help you lose weight, gain muscle, boost immunity, improve mood or memory, lower blood cholesterol or blood sugar levels, fight inflammation, remove toxins, prevent or cure a disease, make your hair/nails/skin/digestion better, slow aging…
Claims about a particular ingredient in foods/beverages that’s supposed to be “bad,” “toxic,” or contribute to a particular health problem (acne, autism, ADHD, PCOS, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, aging, hormone disruption, infertility, obesity, digestive problems)…
Sources of Nutrition Claims
Google!
Magazines, Newspapers, Blogs
Books, Videos, Documentaries
Advertisements, Social Media Influencers
Product label, brochure, website
Scientific peer-reviewed journals
How to choose a claim…
Examples:
Magazine article or blog claiming Intermittent fasting or whole 30 or keto is the answer to weight loss. Vitamin D/C/zinc and COVID19.
LA Times article reporting on a new study that shows chocolate or red wine protects the heart (in time for Valentine’s Day)
Book or Youtube video that claims sugar or wheat or gluten is toxic
Documentary that claims plant-based diet best for performance (The Game Changers)
Advertisement about new dietary supplement or “cleanse” for brain health, skin health, digestive health (turmeric, collagen, probiotics, spirulina, apple cider vinegar)
Website bodybuilding.com claiming need certain amount/type of protein to get huge muscles. Or no soy/no dairy for PCOS or fertility.
2
Evaluating Nutrition Research & Claims
Is the source credible & unbiased?
Author/credentials
“Nutritionists” vs. “Registered Dietitians” – what’s the difference?
Self-proclaimed guru, fitness trainer, massage therapist, store clerk
MDs, DCs, PhDs – are they always reliable?
Is there any conflict of interest? Are they trying to sell you something?
Publication source
Internet site (.com or .org, .edu, .gov)
Magazine, newsletter, brochure, trade journal (paid advertising)
Peer-reviewed, professional/scientific journal
Most “nutritionists” have little to no formal education/degree (e.g. famous people, fitness trainer/massage therapist/GNC or health food store clerk). Some “nutritionists” do have a high level of education/degree, but they may or may not be highly educated in nutrition
Conflict of interest – Juice plus, herbal life, arbonne sales rep directly trying to sell you something or researcher/author/speaker could be employed/paid by the company trying to sell something (funded by beef/dairy council)
Example of ephedra article in fitness magazine, local SCV magazines
3
Evaluating Nutrition Research & Claims
How good is the research?
Study design
No systematic method at all
testimonials, anecdotal, before/after
Epidemiolo ...
This document discusses lifestyle diseases and provides strategies for maintaining health. It notes that non-communicable diseases like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease are on the rise globally due to risk factors like poor diet, physical inactivity, tobacco and alcohol use. Adopting a mainly whole-food, plant-based diet with limited processed foods and adequate exercise can help reverse these conditions and reduce medication needs. The author shares their personal experience improving health conditions like diabetes and cholesterol through lifestyle changes based on nutritional guidance from doctors and organizations.
It's Your Diet & Your Healthy Lifestyle: Prevent - Not Treat - Should Be Your...Scott Harding
This presentation was given at the Pint of Science Festival 2014 as part of the King's College London organized events. The aim of the talk was to illustrate that personal choices earlier in life are the key drivers for developing chronic diseases later in life.
All too often we hear nutrition myths. They confuse many people and result in personal choices that compromise health and increase the risk of disease. In this powerpoint, Dr Esser reviews some foundational and a few specific myths and presents compelling science to set the record straight. Enjoy and remember to keep on asking questions and learning how you can achieve your best health in 2018.
Junk food and certain foods can be addictive due to their chemical properties. They contain compounds like sugar, fat, and salt that stimulate the brain's reward system in a similar way to drugs. When eaten frequently, these foods can cause changes in brain activity and behavior resembling addiction. The document discusses how foods high in fructose and grains/dairy containing opioid peptides are particularly implicated in addictive properties and negative health effects.
An introduction to the paleo diet and its health benefits. A short summary of research is presented as well as a description of blood sugar managment.
Best Nutritionist in Sarastoa, Cynthia Clark, http://www.cranehealth.net
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This is a presentation on weight loss we have given here in the community (Port Arthur, Port Neches, Nederland, Bridge City, Groves, Oranges, All of Southeast Texas /tx) It shows how Chiropractic can benefit those who want to lose weight. Dr Kerr, Chiropractor 409-962-3123
The document discusses establishing a new standard of care for nutrition intervention based on whole food concentrates rather than isolated vitamins and minerals. It outlines the limitations of current recommendations and the growing evidence from clinical studies showing whole food concentrates are more effective at the cellular level in supporting health, healing and reducing oxidative stress. Whole food concentrates have been shown to help conditions like cancer, heart disease, immune function and more in peer-reviewed research. The evidence suggests whole food concentrates should replace multivitamins as the recommended daily standard of care once healthcare professionals are properly educated on the data.
This document discusses how lifestyle choices can impact health and longevity. It suggests that daily decisions around diet, exercise, stress, and other behaviors directly affect physical health over time. Poor diet is linked to increased risk of serious diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. While genes and environment also play a role, lifestyle factors like smoking, inactivity, and consuming unhealthy foods can significantly increase risks. The document encourages exploring ways to improve lifestyle, such as eating more nutritious foods, being more active, managing stress levels, and avoiding tobacco.
The document discusses how lifestyle choices impact health. It notes that daily decisions around diet and exercise directly affect physical development at a cellular level. An unhealthy diet is linked to increased risk of diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Specific lifestyle factors that increase disease risk are discussed, like eating fast food, red meat, saturated fats and simple carbohydrates. The document emphasizes that lifestyle diseases can often be avoided through healthy choices related to nutrition, physical activity, avoiding tobacco, and managing stress and weight.
Table of Contents
1. Meaning, Definitions, Concepts and Causes of Obesity
2. Eating Disorders and Health Risks Associated with Obesity
3. Assessment of Obesity
1) Indoor air pollution levels were measured before, during, and after a national smoking ban was implemented in New Zealand prisons.
2) Fine particulate (PM2.5) concentrations were measured in a staff area of a maximum-security prison.
3) The geometric mean PM2.5 level declined from 6.58 μg/m3 before the ban to 5.17 μg/m3 during a tobacco sales ban, and further declined to 2.44 μg/m3 after a complete smoking ban was enforced - a 57% overall reduction.
This study analyzed a cohort of 1,182 people in New Zealand who were identified as having inadequate housing based on hospital admission records from 2002-2014. 10.7% of the cohort died during a median follow-up of 5.7 years. The median survival of the cohort was 63.5 years, about 20 years less than the general population. Within the cohort, Māori individuals and those diagnosed with substance use disorders or diabetes were at significantly higher risk of premature death.
Mental Health and Carbohydrate consumptionSimon Thornley
This document discusses the link between dopamine release in the midbrain and psychosis, addiction, and reward. It hypothesizes that consumption of refined carbohydrates may stimulate the same mesolimbic dopaminergic pathway in the brain, rewarding overeating and resulting in obesity. The theory also aims to explain weight gain from antipsychotic drugs in people with psychosis. It suggests that modified carbohydrate diets could help treat psychosis symptoms as an adjunct to medication.
Sweet Misery. Cover story featured in 'North and South'Simon Thornley
A major print magazine in New Zealand read our book and asked nutrition researchers in New Zealand for comment. This was published in the November edition of 'North and South'. It is hosted here with permission from the editor-at-large Donna Chisholm.
This document summarizes the evidence linking sugar intake to cardiovascular disease risk. It finds relatively consistent evidence that markers of sugar intake are associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease and the disease itself. In contrast, the evidence linking saturated fat and salt to cardiovascular outcomes is weaker. The document also reviews the history of dietary guidelines focusing on fat and sugar, and how views have changed over time regarding sugar's role in disease risk.
This document summarizes a study that assessed the validity of diabetes prevalence data derived from health records by comparing it to a primary care database called PREDICT. The study found:
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2) There was good agreement between the two data sources, with the algorithm showing 86% sensitivity and 96% specificity compared to PREDICT.
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1. Has nutrition research helped
us with our food choices?
Simon Thornley (Epidemiologist)
University of Auckland
2. Summary
What is science/epidemiology?
A brief history of human nutrition
I get involved… diversion into tobacco
Food addiction?
What next?
3. My view
Yes, but many nutrition scientists are not
listening to the data
Fructose, sugar, carbohydrates are often
overlooked
4. What is science or research?
“In God we trust, all others bring data”
William Edward Deming
“First establish the facts, then seek to
explain them”
Aristotle
5. Science
Anarchistic; consensus not useful
Hypothesis and argument
Disproof over proof
Uncertainty over absolutes
Integration
6. A basic epidemiological study…
Disease Subjects
What we eat
Focus on statistical over biological evidence…
7.
8. Error…
Many contradictory studies
Not included in CI or p-value Accounted for by 95%
[Quantitative bias analysis] Error confidence interval and
p-value
Selection bias
recruitment %
Information Systematic Random
bias
Accuracy of measures?
Unmeasured False +ve False –ve
~5% ~10 to 20%
confounding
RCT? From literature?
10. Bradford-Hill Criteria
Strong RCT better than
association? observational study
Consistent? Makes sense
Does cause come
before effect?
More
exposuremore
disease?
11. Salt restriction
Salt restriction ↓ blood pressure
Observational studies show both ↑ and ↓
survival (unmeasured confounding)
Only randomised study shows benefit in
group that didn’t restrict salt.
Taylor, R. S., Ashton K. E., T. Moxham, L Hooper, and S. Ebrahim. "Reduced Dietary Salt for the Prevention of Cardiovascular
Disease." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 7 (2011).
http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD009217/frame.html .
12.
13. Is the idea falsifiable?
HOW DOES SCIENCE GO
WRONG?
14. How it works in theory…
Idea Experiment Interpret New Idea
Generate Test Inferences from Refine
hypothesis hypothesis experiment hypothesis
15. In reality…?
Experiment Interpret New
Idea
Generate Test Inferences from Idea
hypothesis hypothesis experiment Refine
hypothesis
19. What happened in the 1960s?
Diet-heart hypothesis
Heart disease caused by saturated fat
Response: reduce fat (↑sugar or carb.)
Cheap sugar (HFCS in USA)
American Heart Assoc other English
speaking countries
Taubes G. The Diet Delusion. New York: Vermilion; 2007.
21. Nutrition to the rescue…
A–B=C
A = Energy in (food)
B = Energy out (burned, metabolism)
C = Energy stored (as fat)
Cause
↑A/↓B→↑C – obesigenic environment (↑energy
in/ reduced energy out)
39. My thoughts on obesity…
Medical training Public Health Research Research
Traditional Tobacco Similarities Critique of
Nutritional theory addiction between energy density
- Energy density obesity and Focus on sugar
smoking
1994 2005 2007 2011
47. Eating and addiction?
Atkins Diet
An executive who had tried obesity surgery,
laxatives, diets, everything…
“Often I would shake until I could put
some sugar in my mouth”
48. “Ihad an hour’s drive from my office to
my home, and I knew every
restaurant, candy machine and soft
drink dispenser”
49. What about glucose?
Is refined starch the same as nicotine?
Are low GI foods the obese person’s
equivalent to a smoker’s nicotine patch or
gum?
55. The medical gurus say sugar is
OK?
“Excess sucrose has largely been
exonerated as an important dietary factor in
the aetiology of type-2 diabetes...”
J. I. Mann and A. S. Truswell
Diseases of overnourished societies and the need for dietary change: in the
Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 4th Edition.
Postprandial glycemia (GI) used to
exonnerate sugar…
56. Sugar: traditional views
30% increase over last 30 years
Popkin BM, Nielsen SJ. The sweetening of the world's diet. Obesity Research 2003;11(11):1325-32.
“Empty calorie”
Nestle M. Soft drink "pouring rights": marketing empty calories to children. Public Health Reports
2000;115(4):308-19.
Fructose not mentioned
Something is missing?
57.
58.
59. Update...
AHA turns around.
“Fructose... has been indirectly implicated
in the epidemics of obesity and type 2
diabetes”
Circulation 2009;120;1011-1020
60. Fructose: what has changed?
GI ignores fructose
Sweeter than glucose
Linked to:
Gout, diabetes, weight gain, metabolic syndrome
Hypertension, rotten teeth
High triglycerides, dyslipidaemia, CVD
Tends to ↑ hunger
Johnson, R.J., et al., Hypothesis: Could Excessive Fructose Intake and Uric Acid Cause Type 2 Diabetes? Endocr Rev, 2009. 30(1): p. 96-
116.
Segal, M.S., E. Gollub, and R.J. Johnson, Is the fructose index more relevant with regards to cardiovascular disease than the glycemic index?
European Journal of Nutrition, 2007. 46(7): p. 406-17.
61. What about saturated fat?
Recent summaries
no association with heart disease.
Skeaff CM, Miller J. Dietary Fat and Coronary Heart Disease: Summary of Evidence
from Prospective Cohort and Randomised Controlled Trials. Ann Nutr Metab
2009;55:173–201
Mente A, de Koning L, Shannon HS, Anand SS (April 2009). A systematic review of the
evidence supporting a causal link between dietary factors and coronary heart
disease. Arch. Intern. Med. 169 (7): 659–69.
62. Food addiction: evidence
Addiction pathways
Eating is automatic
Rats
sugar induces withdrawal; not fat.
64. My inbox...
“For three weeks I cut all sugar and
flour…
then…
mood swings…,
depression…,
stomach pain…,
joint and muscle pain…,
the shakes….”
65. “People who knew me started thinking I was
hiding a drug problem.”
66. Overeater’s Anonymous
“When you are addicted to drugs you put
the tiger in the cage to recover;
When you are addicted to food, you put the
tiger in the cage, but take it out three times
for a walk”
Kerri-Lynn Murphy Kriz
67. Critique: Academia
“Any addictive … hypothesis can't explain
the rise that we've seen over the last …
30 years of obesity.”
Prof. Boyd Swinburn, Professor of Population Health,
Deakin University 13 Jan 2009
70. Synopsis
Nutrition focuses on energy not hunger
Low fat idea predates obesity epidemic
Sugar intake continues to ↑
Likely subtle addiction
Likely cause of major risk factors for heart
disease
Many nutrition researchers stuck in
energy paradigm (cf. some pop science)
Eg. vitamin D. Plausible biological mechanism, consistent studies.Essentially inductionist principles. Critique: Rely heavily on the subjective judgement of the reviewer. Temporality particularly important (prospective studies stronger). Expanding scientific literature makes almost all plausible hypotheses supported.
Important, because in a prominent publication summarising findings, not one mention of the health effects of fructose was mentioned.